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'Scorching' CPI bolsters bets on U.S. rate hikes

reuters.com•February 15, 2018

U.S. interest rates futures fell on Wednesday as stronger-than-forecast increases in domestic consumer prices in January bolstered bets the Federal Reserve may raise short-term interest rates four times in 2018. Some Fed officials have insisted that stubbornly low inflation warrants a gradual pace of